June 3rd, 2004
Topics: Starting off, Point System, Ref Rewards

Whenever a player wins a battle they earn 1 point for the number of pokemon used (ie, you get two point in a 2v2, three points for a 3v3, etc.). Currently the figures are three points to catch a pokemon and five to evolve one. These figures will most likely be tweaked as ASB progresses and we learn what's popular/powerful and what's not.

You start ASB off with one pokemon and six points. This means you can spend your points right away and have three starting pokemon, use five of your points to have one evolved pokemon, or just save the points for later. This new starting was liked due to the options it gave trainers early on.

Reffing is still under discussion. Paychecks may be a thing of the past as refs will get their pay via greater rewards in battle. Ranks may or may not exist solely for the purpose of finding out who's experienced (in other words, higher ranked refs would not get better pay than lower ranked ones). This may be as simple as "Official" and "Unofficial" refs, or we may have a simple three rank system like Rookie, Professional, and Master. Ranks would have a beaing on what matches you are able to ref. For example: Rookies would not be allowed to ref tournaments.

That's all for now.